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Contains 44 Results:

History of the American Presbyterian Mission to Iran, 1834-1960

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41
Scope and Content

Compiled by John Elder, published by the Literature Committee of the Church Council of Iran. Bill Huskins gave the book to Dr. C.L. Ward in 1972 during his visit to Tehran, Iran.

Dates: 1836 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Publications

Leaflet: "Sunday Postal Labour"

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Scope and Content

Sabbath Observance Society, Edinburgh

Dates: 1836 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Publications

Pressed Flowers from the Holy Land

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43
Scope and Content

Hand crafted book "Pressed Flowers from the Holy Land: Flowers Gathered and Pressed in Palestine by Rev. Harvey Greene," introduction by Rebv. Smith Baker, D.D.; published and sold by Harvey B. Greene, Lowell, Mass.

Dates: 1836 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Publications

Dictabelts

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 44
Scope and Content

Debrief/comments by Dr. Chester L. Ward following his 1968-1969 tour in the Republic of Vietnam.

Dates: 1836 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Audiovisual

Family History, 1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content This folder contains a photocopy of the work compiled by Irene Ward Kennedy in 1962: Family History of Ward, Briggs, and Allied Lines. Irene Ward Kennedy was the sister of Benjamin Briggs Ward, Sr. and the granddaughter of Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs. The manuscript documents the lineage of these families with "family tree" charts, photographs, and text from historical society records and genealogical registers. A portion of the document is...
Dates: 1962
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Biographical Information

Account Book

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content

Account book of B.B. Briggs, 186?

Dates: 1836 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Personal Papers

Diary [original]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content Diary kept by Benjamin Bennett Briggs during his travels from Sharon, Ohio to Yuba City, California from March through December of 1849. Briggs was accompanied by two of his brothers, John and George, as well as a neighbor, George Case. They set out with a wagon and a team of oxen, stopping in small towns or unsettled areas to camp. Briggs makes note of the weather and road conditions, food conditions, creek crossings, and health conditions of him and his companions. A major delay in...
Dates: 1836 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Personal Papers

Diary [transcription]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content

Facsimile copy of "Transcription of the Personal Diary of Benjamin Bennett Briggs: 1949 [1849] Cross Country Travelling from Sharon, Ohio to Yuba City, California; transcribed by Sally (wife), Katharine & Lynda Ward (daughters) of B.G. Chester L. Ward, M.D., the Great, Great, Grandson of Dr. B.B. Briggs, 1985-86."

Dates: 1836 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Personal Papers

To nieces from Sophie Crane [original], 16 October 1853

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content

Same page includes letter addressed to "Dear sister" from Abby C.B., dated December 19, 1853

Dates: 16 October 1853
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Letters

To nieces from Sophie Crane [facsimile], 16 October 1853

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content From the Collection: This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates: 16 October 1853
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Letters
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